Nestled in Coachella Valley, this museum transports guests from the Mesozoic Era, to the land of Egyptian kings.

An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.

A modern day curiosity cabinet.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.

This serene oasis in an affluent Los Angeles neighborhood holds some of Gandhi's ashes and got Elvis into Eastern Philosophy.

The mysterious, untimely death of a Canned Heat band member still haunts this unfinished home.

Venue for strange sideshow displays and musical acts.

This brightly made over hotel hides decades of suicide, serial killers, and mysterious deaths.

The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.

Left untouched since a double murder-suicide in the 1960s, Los Feliz murder mansion remains a neighborhood mystery.

It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.

Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.

A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.

Crypt mausoleum in cathedral's basement contains relics of third century Roman martyr, Saint Vibiana.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.